It will include “cinematic visuals, storytelling” and Shatner’s “larger-than-life charisma” ...

Judas Priest returns to No. 1 on the U.K.'s Official Rock & Metal Albums chart as the newly-released compilation The Best Of ...

Five Finger Death Punch keeps its legacy alive with a brand-new album and fresh single.

The legendary actor and musician is considering a hybrid live event that blends theater, a concert performance, and a ...

British heavy metal legends Judas Priest just released their 19 th studio album, Invincible Shield, this past week and, in doing so, they supposedly set a new record in heavy metal history. According ...

William Shatner has been bringing his thespian-trained, Shatneresque magic to other people’s songs going back to his 1969 alum The Transformed Man, that featured his cult classic version of “Lucy in ...

We’re about a quarter-century removed from the days when nu metal ruled the airwaves, and the once-maligned subgenre of music continues to hold a hell of a lot more cultural significance than its ...

I didn't think too hard about dedicating the second-ever edition of this column to Ragne Wahlquist. The late Heavy Load frontman left an indelible mark on heavy metal, in his native Sweden and beyond, ...

Heavy metal’s origins began in the late 1960s, though it didn’t begin to really kick off until the 1980s. An extension and evolution of rock and roll, heavy metal was influenced by quite a few ...

The turn of the century saw a ton of innovation in extreme metal, particularly in regards to tone, songwriting structure, and quality of production. Despite being all but kneecapped in the ’90s due to ...

In 1997, unassuming crooner Pat Boone did the unexpected: he released an album of rock and heavy metal covers, done in his style. In A Metal Mood: No More Mr. Nice Guy was the product of Boone and his ...

The musical zeitgeist is constantly in flux and ever-evolving. Many a band sink beneath the whims of its ebbs and flows. One-hit wonders and even iconic bands that are intrinsically linked to the ...